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[NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs

Modded NA · us5 carbon
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Evaluation 56 Bronze #15,377 on player hours
Players now
0/100
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#15,377
▲ 1304 this week
Wiped
8h
ago · 9 Oct, 19:43 UTC
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Team limit
8
no published schedule

Evaluation

six readings of the figures on this page, 0 to 100 each
Population0Standing32Uptime96Performance97Wipe hold–Momentum54
Population0 of 100 on average 0
Standing#15,377 on player hours 32
Uptime46 of the last 48 hours 96
Performance58 server fps on average 97
Wipe holdtoo few wipes seen –
Momentumup 1,304 places this week 54

The score is the average of the readings that have figures. Population is the seven-day average against the slots; standing is how near the top of the rank it is; uptime the hours of the last 48 on the list; performance its server fps, 60 or more counting as full; wipe hold the share of its recent wipes that kept half their crowd; momentum its rank against a week ago, 50 for no change. The tier is the rank alone: Titanium is the top 10, Master the top 50, Diamond 150, Platinum 400, Gold 1,000, Silver 2,500.

Population

AveragePeakWipe
00.250.50.75105:0014:0023:0008:0017:0002:00Wiped Fri 9 Oct, 19:43 UTCWIPE

Hourly average and peak, UTC. Busiest hour of the two days: 1 players.

Wipe record

1 on record
Next wipe

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

DateTimePeakLasted
9 Oct Fri 19:43 0 before running

Performance

Server fpsWipe
02040608005:0014:0023:0008:0017:0002:00Wiped Fri 9 Oct, 19:43 UTCWIPE

48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: a point a day, measured since 24 Sep. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Rank history

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k24 Sep27 Sep30 Sep4 Oct7 Oct10 Oct

Top 68% of all ranked servers, top 82% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Intel

Map of [NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs
Map
Procedural Map
Size
4500
Seed
2147483647
Open on RustMaps
Address
91.229.114.45:28103
Region
NA · us5
Max players
100
Group limit
8, the default
Wipe schedule
–
Last wipe
9 Oct 2026, 19:43 UTC
Hostname
–
First seen
23 Sep 2026
In its own words
Forged different. RustForge is a balanced PvE server built on original plugins you won't find anywhere else. - Balanced PvE — fight the island, not offline raiders - Original skill system — earn XP for everything you do, spec into skill trees - Quest lines with real objectives - Custom NPC encounters rustforge.gg

Server tags

what each tag it publishes means · mp100,ptrak,$rus5,v2634,NA,^z,^y,^p,gmrust,cs167398,ts8
GamegmrustGame mode Survival in the standard Rust format.
mp100Max players The server holds 100.
ts8Group limit Teams max out at 8, the game's default.
v2634Protocol Your game must run protocol 2634.
cs167398Build Game build: 167398.
ptrakNetworking RakNet handles the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$rus5Region code You see us5 as the region code.
Gameplay^pPvE PvE: the world supplies the danger, not other players.
Mods and access^zModded Modded category: plugins or changed settings apply.
^yCarbon Plugin framework: Carbon.
RegionNANorth America The browser files it under North America.

Flag meanings are Facepunch's.

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Briefing

quick answers, from the figures on this page
Player counts
01Where does [NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs sit in the rankings?

The seven-day player-hour rank for [NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs is #15,377, top 68% of all ranked servers and #1,525 in North America.

02What is the player count on [NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs?

The current population on [NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs is 0, against 100 slots. Averaging 0 players over seven days, it peaked at 1. Between the last 48 hours, 23:00 UTC saw the highest average: 0 players.

Server Info
03What Rust version is [NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs on?

The Rust build on [NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs is network protocol 2634 and build 167398, on Linux. To join, your game must share the protocol; Steam takes care of updating it.

04How smooth is the performance on [NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 58; the lowest was 42. 122,130 entities at peak, counting buildings and deployables. Peak memory: 6,151 MB. The lag players notice comes from low fps and rising entity counts.

05What is the host location for [NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs?

With its NA tag, [NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs lists itself in North America; its region code is us5. What Rust Server Now shows is a server's stated location, not where its machine is actually located. For this server, the address is 91.229.114.45:28103.

06How reliable is [NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs, and is it online?

Live status: [NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs is up. The last restart happened around 6 hours ago, according to uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. Its first appearance in Rust Server Now data was on 23 September 2026.

Server Tags
07What is the meaning of each tag on [NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs?

gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust format; mp100 (Max players): The server holds 100; ts8 (Group limit): Teams max out at 8, the game's default; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2634; cs167398 (Build): Game build: 167398; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network layer here, as standard for the game; $rus5 (Region code): You see us5 as the region code; ^p (PvE): PvE: the world supplies the danger, not other players; ^z (Modded): Modded category: plugins or changed settings apply; ^y (Carbon): Plugin framework: Carbon; NA (North America): The browser files it under North America: that is the tag set [NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs publishes for the game's server browser. Its queue, its current player count and the world's creation time sit in the tags as well, shown at the top of this page.

08On which Rust Server Now lists does [NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs appear?

These Rust Server Now lists include [NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs: Modded Rust servers, Rust PvE servers, ranked by population and North America Rust servers. Under these filters, it appears on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.

Wipe Schedule
09[NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs wipes on what schedule?

Too few wipes are recorded for [NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs to show a rhythm. Force wipe is monthly for all Rust servers, and the next is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. It has been running its current world for 8 hours.

Rules & Settings
10Map selection on [NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs: what is it?

A procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 2147483647, generated by the game, is in use on [NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs. You can look at the map on RustMaps from this page: identical size and seed reproduce it.

11Which rules apply on [NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs, and what settings?

No gather rate appears in the name [NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs. The game's default group limit of 8 players applies. This server runs pve, fighting other players is disabled. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings change the game. You will find Carbon plugins running here. Valve's VAC anti-cheat is active.

Joining Steps
12Joining [NA] RustForge | Balanced PvE | Skills | Quests | Custom NPCs: what are the steps?

Press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 91.229.114.45:28103, or click Launch Rust here to open Rust via Steam and join.